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UK: Changes to key human rights laws need to be shelved till new Prime Minister is in place

This Government does not have the legitimacy to push ahead with highly controversial Bill of Rights and Northern Ireland Troubles bills “Vital decisions belong to a new government under a new Prime...

Russia: Councillor in Moscow sentenced to seven years in jail for opposing the Ukraine war

A court in Moscow sentenced Aleksei Gorinov to seven years in jail for criticising Russia’s military actions in Ukraine ‘The Russian judiciary has once again sided with a government intent in...

USA: Twitter failing to protect pro-choice abortion activists from online violence

Research reveals how reproductive rights activists have experienced more online harassment and abuse since the May 2 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion of Roe v Wade Survey reveals Twitter has...

Ukraine: more Russian war crimes in 'reckless' attack on Odesa town - new investigation

At least 21 civilians killed in Black Sea resort of Serhiivka after apartment block and hotel hit by extremely inaccurate anti-warship missiles Distressing eyewitness testimony describes carnage of...

China: New testimony from Xinjiang families as UN accused of 'falling for propaganda'

Amnesty International accused the UN of undermining accountability for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang in China as it criticised the outgoing Human Rights Commissioner for repeated failure to act...

Syria: people in camps enduring 'unbearably harsh' living conditions - new report

Call on UN Security Council to renew resolution for vital cross-border aid 1.7m people - more than half children - in extremely vulnerable circumstances, with water shortages and disease ‘Can anyone...

Uzbekistan: security force violence against protesters must be fully investigated

Mass protests in autonomous Karakalpakstan erupted on 1 July Multiple social media videos show injured people and what appears to be blood on the streets ‘We have received reports that human rights...

Hong Kong: Inauguration Of New Leader On 25th Anniversary Of Handover Is ‘Ominous Moment For Human Rights’

‘Xi oversees the inauguration of a new leader hand-picked by the Beijing authorities in a territory where the law – and its repressive implementation – increasingly resembles that of mainland China’ -...

Ukraine: Mariupol theatre attack was 'a clear war crime' - new investigation

Detailed investigation incorporates testimony from dozens of survivors and eyewitnesses, digital evidence and mathematical modelling of bomb blasts It is likely that many fatalities remain unreported...

Egypt: ten sentenced to death after 'flagrantly' unfair mass trial

‘Helwan Brigades’ case saw scores held at notorious al-Aqrab and Tora Maximum Security Two Prison in cruel and inhuman conditions A 16-year-old detainee was tortured with electric shocks and beatings...